Coenochilus basilewskyi Schein, 1954

Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A., Nunes, Telmo & Santos, Carmen Van-Dú- Nem Neto, 2020, The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes, Zootaxa 4776 (1), pp. 1-130 : 55

* Coenochilus basilewskyi Schein, 1954

( Figs. 11h, i , 12a )

Distribution: ANG, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) LNO.

Historic records: none

Material examined: Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) ( LNO), 2.V.1946, 1 ♀, Nº 663, Junta de Inves- tigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. A species belonging to the C. sulcatus group (sensu Schein 1954a). It was described based on one female from DOC ( Schein 1954a) and was known until now only for this country ( Schein 1954a; Krajcik 2008b). The adult female specimen of IICT fits well this species description. Biological and ecological data are not available for the species, but see Mudge et al. (2012) for general comments on habitat preference and abundance of some species of this genus in Ghana. See also general comments in Schein (1954a) and the remarks under the genus Coenochilus . It is a new species record for Angola and Lunda Norte Province.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a–c, Mausoleopsis (Mausoleopsis) amabilis amabilis (dorsal views), male, MZUC, Humbe, CNN, MZUC and Zumbo, LSU, MZUC, respectively; d and e, Oxythyrea (Oxythyrea) sp. (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), male, MZUC; f and g, Oxythyrea (O.) sp., parameres (frontal and lateral views, respectively), MZUC; h and i, Coenochilus basilewskyi (dorsal views), female, habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, Dundo, LNO, IICT.

FIGURE 12. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Coenochilus basilewskyi (lateral view), female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; b, Coenochilus calcaratus vagus (dorsal view), male, Calulo, CUS, ASC; c and d, Coenochilus procerus (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Bembua–Camenhe, HUA, ASC; e, Coenochilus turbatus (dorsal view), male, Calulo, CUS, ASC; f, Coenochilus ventricosus (dorsal view), male, Cacuso, MAL, ASC; g, Plagiochilus angustatus (dorsal view), male, Carima, MAL, ASC; h, Plagiochilus angustatus: adult feeding in a tomentose herbaceus plant, Carima, MAL.